How to install Mailman on OpenSUSE Latest

Mailman is a mailing list management software that allows you to create and manage email discussions. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mailman on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Step 1 - Install required packages

First, you need to make sure that your system is updated and install the required packages.

sudo zypper update
sudo zypper install postfix apache2 python3-pip python3-Babel python3-dnspython python3-jinja2 python3-docutils python3-mysql python3-pillow python3-psycopg2 python3-pygments python3-tornado python3-virtualenv python3-werkzeug python3-ldap python3-sqlalchemy

Step 2 - Install Mailman

Once you have installed the required packages, you can proceed to install Mailman using pip.

sudo pip3 install mailman

Step 3 - Configure Mailman

Mailman requires some configurations before you can start using it. You can configure Mailman using the command prompt with the following commands:

sudo mailmanctl create

sudo systemctl restart mailman

Step 4 - Verify Installation

To verify that Mailman is installed correctly, you can access the Mailman web interface by typing the following address into your web browser:

http://localhost/mailman/admin

You should be prompted for your Mailman Administrator password, which you set up during Mailman Configuration process.

Once you have entered your Administrator password, you can access the Mailman web interface and start creating mailing lists.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mailman on OpenSUSE Latest.

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